Call Me Maybe

Chapter TWENTY FIVE

The Brackel was so quiet. It was still so early. No one has come there. Gemma stopped her step in front of the big glass show window which showed trophies, awards, and photos they had achieve. She looked at them one by one and read the title of every photos, awards, and trophies. Her eyes stuck at one photo. It was photo of the team in a silly action. She smiled at herself, especially when she saw Marco's expression.

Marco. Gemma smiled again. She still could feel Marco's kiss on his lips last night. It wasn't the first time they kissed but because she couldn't remember the first one, so last night it felt like the first time for her.

Gemma pulled out her phone from her coat's pocket. There was no call or even text on her phone. She sighed slowly. What was the next now? What would happened after the kiss? What the kiss meant to him? All those question filled her head and she couldn't sleep as well because of that.

"Good morning," the greeting surprised her. Gemma knew who the owner of this voice is. This voice was so familiar to her. She turned her head and found Jürgen Klopp was standing beside her with his daily outfit, the black BVB suit, and a big gym bag in his hand.

"Good morning, Herr Klopp," Gemma greeted him back.

"Ehmm.. I told you for many times, you can call me Jürgen or Papa Klopp," he said as he wiggled his index finger.

"Sorry, okay Papa Klopp," Gemma smiled shyly. She still felt a little bit awkward by calling him Papa Klopp or Jürgen. Eventhough one month was quite enough to make them closed one to each other. Papa Klopp is very kind and nice person. He loves laugh so much, he jokes a lot too. He is very friendly, humble, but wise. They called him Papa Klopp, because he really like a father for them.

"How do you feel," Papa Klopp asked Gemma as they walked towards the office together.

"How do i feel?" Gemma frowned, repeated the question.

"What do you feel after spent a month with us? Do you happy?" Papa Klopp explained his words as he opened the office door and let Gemma got in first.

"Ahh yes.. Of course i'm happy to have many experience with you and the team is amazing," said Gemma as she walked to her desk. She put her bag on the chair and tidied up her stuffs. "You know that i knew nothing about football before but i think i start to love it," she added.

"Really? Because of the team?" Asked Papa Klopp.

"Yeah," Gemma nodded.

"Or because of something else?" Papa Klopp asked her again with a smirk on his face.

"What do you mean?"

"Marco,"

"What? Why Marco?" Hearing that name directly made Gemma's heart felt like beated. She surprised with Jürgen Klopp words. Eventhough it sounded like he just guessed but it good enough to make Gemma's heart beated faster.

Jürgen Klopp laughed. Gemma's expression was so honest and according to that, he already could guess the truth. "Don't be shy. I can see that he has something for you. Hate can turn to love, you know it, right?" He said as he finished his preparation. He saved some papers in to the folder and put it into his gym bag. "So.. Enjoy your last day in Brackel, Gemma," he said then before he left the office.

Gemma took a breath of relief and immediately blew it away. Papa Klopp was really successful to make her held her breath for a moment. She still could feel her heart didn't beat as usual. Why Papa Klopp could ask like that? What did make him ask about that? Or maybe Marco told him about what they did. Marco and Papa Klopp were very closed.

Wait wait.. Stop!! Stop thinking about that, Gemma warned herself as she shook her head. Papa Klopp was right, it was the last day she would be there at the Brackel. So why she didn't enjoy this day without thinking about that problem? Besides everything seemed still unclear for her. What was the next after that kiss?

Gemma sighed slowly. Suddenly she became nervous. She tapped her fingers on the table as she stared at the computer screen in front of her. It was the last work that she must made, compiled a daily training schedule and what would they do in the exercise. It seemed easy actually. Since she was there, she did it three times a week. But today it was quite difficult, recalling that it was her last day and how much she would miss them all.

Fifteen minutes before the training started, finally she could finished the schedule. Gemma made a print and some copies of it to be given to the staff and the players before she left the office towards the field to see them training. Once again she told to herself, it was the last day, enjoy it. But in the reality, when her legs stepped out from the building and saw Marco was on the field, she couldn't control herself to not think about him.

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The training today held only for two hours. Tomorrow they would have match for Bundesliga again at Signal Iduna Park. After passed a series of grueling matches both for Bundesliga and Champions League, Papa Klopp wanted to give the team extra time to rest, so tomorrow they could keep fit in the game. And of course, they accepted it with a good reaction.

Gemma sat alone on the bench, looking at the 2 mower cars which were working in the middle of the field. Her feeling was so complicated, especially because of Marco. Before the team left, Papa Klopp called them to gather at the bench and announced that it was the last day she was here together with them. He also suggested to held a small farewell party tomorrow after the match here, at the Brackel. Everyone agreed with his suggestion, but Marco.. He left the bench even before Papa Klopp finished talking. They didn't speak anything that day and he even didn't smile at her. He seemed to avoid her, everytime their eyes met, he would be the first one who switched the gaze. Why did he act like that to her? She couldn't understand.

Her reverie broke when she felt a water droplet falling from the sky. She looked up above as she lifted her hand with the palm open upwards and she got a water droplets again falling onto it. The sky began turn to dark, it was definitely would be rain again. Gemma directly tidied up her stuff and walked fast entering the building. And luckily that she could successfully reach the building before the rain was falling.

Gemma stood at the glass door as she looked outside which already wet just in a second. She sighed, relieved and immediately went to the office. Unfortunately the rain made her can't back to her apartment. She had to wait until it stop.

She was on her way when suddenly Ilkay showed up from one of the room. He said that he just made a schedule for massage with the therapist and was about to go home. Yeah, every players got massage once a week to relax their muscles. They walked together along the corridor as they chatted and joked. Again she got tease about Marco. It seemed that everyone in BVB connected her and Marco. And it made her more frustrated, because she herself didn't understand, plus Marco's behaviour at her today. It was kinda hurt her and also hard to deny that she didn't have feeling for him.

"So, you will go on Sunday?" Asked Ilkay when they were in front of the office. Gemma just nodded with smile. "Okay, i'll tell the other so we can take you to the train station," he added.

"No.. It's not necessary. I definitely would cry if you all were there for me," said Gemma. Yeahh.. Now she had feel hard to leave them, whereas she only been there for a month.

Ilkay laughed at her words. "Are you sure that you don't want to go home with me?" He asked then.

"No.. I still wanna be here for a moment. I have to tidy up my stuff and finish my job," said Gemma.

Ilkay nodded. "Okay, see you tomorrow Gem," he said as he waved his hand. Gemma smiled and waved her hand too. Then he went leaving her in front of the door.

Gemma remained staying at her place, watching Ilkay's back which increasingly away from her. Ilkay is a good guy, very friendly and very pleasant to talk with him. He loves to laugh and seems never out of jokes. Gemma let a slow sigh came out from her mouth and she smiled. She would miss him too, she said to herself.

Ilkay's reflection finally dissapeared behind the front door of the Brackel. Gemma turned her body and was about to enter the office but she was really shocked when suddenly she saw Marco was standing behind her.

"Marco...," she almost jumped at her place to see him there and she felt a tremble on her heart. "Omg, you shocked me," she added with her hand touched her chest. She didn't know since when Marco was staying there, behind her.

Marco didn't say anything. He just stood now in front of her as he kept his eyes on her.

"Marco, what's wrong?" Gemma asked in a worry because Marco's face looked a little bit scary.

"What are you doing here?" Marco asked her back.

"What? What do you mean? I wanna get in," Gemma said as she passed him to reach the door handle.

"That's not what i mean," said Marco. He directly moved to block her way. "With Illy, what did you do with him?"

"I met him in front of the therapy's room and i just talked with him,"

"Talk about what?" Asked Marco again.

"He just asked when i would go back to Giessen and offered to take me home since now is raining," Gemma explained. "What's your problem?" She asked, wondered why Marco looked so upset at her.

"With that smile? You smiled at him,"

"What? Am i forbidden to smile at him?"

"No,"

"So what's wrong? Why do you seem angry at me" asked Gemma as she pushed Marco's body to move him from the door so she could get into the office. She walked directly to her desk, tidied up all her stuff and put them all into her bag.

"Maybe," Marco simply said. He leaned his hip on her desk with his hand folded on his chest. He just watched her activity without do anything to help.

"Maybe?? Because i smiled at Ilkay?" Asked Gemma, lifting her head to see him. She quite surprised to know that Marco might be upset at her just because of that.

"I don't know! I don't know!! Just...," Marco shrugged.

"Just what?" Asked Gemma again. She took her bag, put it over her shoulder and stood in front of him.

"You're really ruin my life,"

"What??? I ruin your life?" She surprised. Her eyes even wide opened at him. What did he mean with 'ruin his life'?

"Yes and it's really bothering me," said Marco quickly.

"If i ruin your life so why you looked for me??" Asked Gemma. She started to rise her voice. What was wrong with Marco? Why he said to her like that. She didn't understand and what she knew was he successfully made her upset.

"What?"

"You came to my apartment, you took me to Bottrop, you asked me to watch the movie, you held my hand," said Gemma, keeping her voice in the high tones. "And you kissed me," She continued but this time she made her voice lower than before. Yes.. He kissed her last night.

"I already told you, i don't know!! I really don't know. How many times i have to told you, stupid!!" Marco raised his voice too. Actually he didn't understand with himself. Why he could be so upset to see her with Ilkay. He seemed losing control of himself.

"Don't call me stupid, idiot!!" She snapped.

"I'm not idiot. You're a girl, you must be more gentle,"

"I said whatever i wanna say and i don't care about you, Marco Reus," she was really upset right now.

"Fine, i don't need your care either. You better leave, blondy. Tomorrow i have match and i don't wanna lose my concentration because of you," said Marco, pointing his index finger in front of her face.

"Okay, i will leave," said Gemma as she slapped Marco's finger to remove it from her face. "And i guaranty that you'll never see me again. I made a mistake to trust you, Reus," She added. She pushed Marco's chest with her hand and directly made her way towards the door. She got out from the office, slapping the door hardly in front of him. She walked as faster as she could and she didn't care anymore about the rain outside. What she wanted now was just leaving from there, from a crazy guy named Marco Reus. Everything she thought about him and everything that she expected before dissapear from her head. And she regreted because she had thought that they might could be together.